Opinion
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Drug Companies Stall on Generic Drug Releases
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved generic versions of pharmaceutical products at a record-setting pace since 2016, but few of the newly certified products are available to patients, according to an analysis by Iqvia. -
The Freedom to Pump Gas
Opinion -Editorial -Illinois state representative Camille Lilly recently sponsored a bill to restrict self-service gasoline stations. Would creating jobs for gas station attendants be good economics? -
PRESS RELEASE: Bernie Sanders in 1981: Some Police Forces ‘Dominated by Fascists and Nazis’
Opinion -Press Release -Newly exposed comments from the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president come on heels of Sanders’ praise of communist regimes in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela -
New England Journal Study Questions Merits of Hospital Mergers
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The national debate over the benefits of hospital mergers flared up anew over a new study showing the growing trend of consolidation has led to “moderately worse patient experiences and no significant change in readmission or mortality rates.” -
Pennsylvania Advances Rule to Restrict Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Production
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board passed regulations to reduce methane and volatile organic compound emissions from oil and gas operations in the state, that will make it hard for small firms to operate wells or storage facilities. -
Psychiatric Urgent Care Exceeds Expectations, Says Hospital
Opinion -health-care-news, News -One of the nation’s first psychiatric urgent care centers has attracted nearly 3,000 patients since it opened six months ago, according its operator, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. -
Study: Ag Benefits of Carbon Dioxide Are Understated in Climate Models
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The agricultural gains from the fertilization effect of increasing carbon dioxide levels may produce benefits greater than any harms generated by climate change, a new study shows. -
Turning the Aircraft Carrier
Opinion -Editorial -Since the days of George Washington, Presidents have wished they could make government employees do what they are told. Actually, that frustration is much older than America. -
Republicans Playing Climate ‘Me Too’ Risk Big Losses
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #351 -
China and India Rejecting Renewables for Coal-fired Futures
Opinion -Editorial -Both China and India view energy as an amoral source of power that is to be used for survival and advancement during this century. The rest of the world should take careful note. -
West Virginia Takes Step Approach at CON Repeal
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that eliminates a $1,000 fee charge that is most often refunded when seeking Certificate of Need (CON) approval. -
New Mexico Considers a Fracking Moratorium
Opinion -environment-climate-news -For the second consecutive year, Democrats in New Mexico have introduced legislation to impose a four-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and subject existing operating wells to expanded reporting requirements. -
Trump Administration Offers Clean Water Act Reforms
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has offered a series of regulatory reforms to the 1972 Clean Water Act, to protect states’ legitimate authority over land and water within their borders and to protect property rights. -
U.S. Energy Department Rejects Obama-Era Light Bulb Proposal
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the current standards for general service incandescent light bulbs are sufficient and do not need to be amended. -
Death, Taxes and Prosperity
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -We like taxing businesses because they appear rich. Yet the question of who truly pays business taxes is very complicated. -
Do ‘Green’ Buses Pass the Performance Test?
Opinion -Editorial -Do ‘green’ buses pass the performance test? -
HHS Urged to Update HIPAA to Protect Patient Medical Records
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The data sharing deal between Google and Ascension Health raises patient privacy concerns. -
High Schoolers’ Dream Careers Don’t Match Job Market Reality
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -OECD Report finds teenagers’ choices for an “ideal career” have narrowed over the past two decades and don’t reflect the new economy. -
Partners in Liberty: Washington Policy Center
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Washington Policy Center is a free-market, public policy think tank based in Seattle. The organization’s experts focus on several key areas of policy, including agriculture, education, environment, government reform, health care, and transportation. -
Physician Group Sues Adam Schiff for Attempting to Censure Vaccine Debate
Opinion -News -The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and a New York state resident are suing U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-California) for trying to suppress what he deems “inaccurate” vaccine information on the internet. -
Commentary: Happiness, Thy Name Is National School Choice Week
Opinion -school-reform-news -"The growth of this event serves as an indicator of the rising American interest in families having as free a choice among schools as they have when they pick out a pair of shoes at the mall. " -
Profile: Empire Center – Working Toward A Better New York
Opinion -budget-tax-news -New York has earned its reputation as a high-tax state, but a major policy win by the Empire Center is helping change that. -
Feds Take Action Against Doctors Who Fail to Provide Patient Records
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has started enforcing a provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that has been in effect since 1996. -
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Heartland Weekly: Alarmists Dial Back Dire Scenarios
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of February 10, 2020
